Table 3.

Pharmacist Actions for Anti-Hypertensive Medication Therapy Management

	Initial Visit (n=73)	6 Month Visit (n=60)	9 Month Visit (n=51)
Patients with a drug therapy problem identified n (%)	33 (45.2%)	12 (20.0%)	4 (7.8%)
Type of drug therapy problem n (%) of total w/problems
Need for additional therapy	14 (42.4%)	7 (58.3%)	1 (25.0%)
Drug dose too low	11 (33.3%)	3 (25.0%)	1 (25.0%)
Non-adherence to therapy	5 (15.2%)	1 (8.3%)	1 (25.0%)
Adverse drug reaction	2 (6.1%)	2 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)
Patients with a medication change at visit n (%)	25 (34.3%)	7 (11.7%)	2 (3.9%)
Patients with type of change made n (%) of total w/change
Added Medication	8 (32.0%)	2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)
Increased Dose	15 (60.0%)	3 (42.9%)	2 (100.0%)
Decreased Dose	2 (8.0%)	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)
Changed Medication	3 (12.0%)	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)

Note: Patients may have had multiple drug therapy problems or medication changes.